buckram

n. thick heavy cotton fabric (used in bookbinding)

This article is about the cloth. For Buckrams (Allium ursinum), see Ramsons. Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes. In the Middle Ages, "bokeram" was fine cotton cloth, not stiff, the name derived from Bokhara, where it originally came from. Millinery buckram is different from bookbinding buckram. It is impregnated with a starch, which allows it to be softened in water, pulled over a hat block, and left to dry into a hard shape. White buckram is most commonly used in hatmaking, though black is available as well. Millinery buckram comes in three weights: baby buckram (often used for children's and dolls' hats), single-ply buckram, and double buckram (also known as "theatrical crown").
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Noun
1. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb
1. stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
(hypernym) stiffen
Adjective
1. rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
(synonym) starchy, stiff
(similar) formal

n. buckram, thick heavy fabric

n. buckram, thick heavy cotton fabric (used in bookbinding)